Long Island News

By CaraLynn Caulfield The Town of Smithtown, in partnership with the Village of the Branch, has completed a long-anticipated pedestrian footbridge and walking trail connecting Mount Pleasant Road to the Village Center shopping plaza along Route 111. […]

The Nassau County Arson Bomb Squad is investigating a residential fire in Lawrence that may have been caused by a lightning strike during a recent storm. On July 1, at approximately 6:40 p.m., police responded […]

By Hank Russell Members of LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) had the opportunity to learn about the proposed Propel NY Energy project at their June 27 meeting at the Candlelight Diner in Commack. The […]

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after human remains were discovered inside a submerged vehicle near the Cedar Beach boat ramp in Mt. Sinai. Two volunteer search-and-recovery organizations, Explorers with a Mission and […]

By CaraLynn Caulfield A federal court has ordered the restoration of $120 million in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure funding for New York, a move expected to significantly benefit Long Island’s growing EV community. On June […]

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers and Town of Smithtown Harbormaster officers rescued two kayakers in the Long Island Sound. On June 30 at 5:10 p.m., Roger Daniel Ramos Galo and Manfredo Garcia fell off […]

By Hank Russell A group of consumer advocates reached an amended agreement with the New York State Department of Health over what the group called the chaotic registration process of a home health care program, […]

By Hank Russell A recent report from the state comptroller’s office found that the North Amityville Fire Department did not implement the auditor’s recommendations on setting financial controls. It was found that some of the […]

On June 26, Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis (D-Rockville Centre), Olena Nicks (D-Uniondale) and Seth I. Koslow (D-Merrick) attended a road renaming ceremony in Bethpage honoring former Nassau County Police Department Chief of Patrol […]

The Arson Bomb Squad is investigating a building fire that occurred in Baldwin. On June 26 at 11:27 a.m., First Precinct police responded to a three-story apartment building fire that housed between 160 and 200 […]